ECOXPOWER - Power To Your Phone While You Ride

Many of us enjoy being able to go out for a bike ride or even ride your bike to work. And it is the enjoyment of being outdoors that makes it so fantastic while getting exercise at the same time. You bring your cell phone along in case you need to make a call or remember something that you have to take care of and want to put in a note about it on your task list. But there is always that nagging feeling about the charge on your smart phone. Now there is a way to take your smart phone with you and charge it at the same time.

Enter ECOXPOWER from ECOXGEAR which is providing you with the ability to charge your smart phone during your ride. This attaches to the front tire of your bike and is a generator providing power to charge your smart phone during your ride. Your own energy is providing the power through the ECOXPOWER unit to charge up that phone battery which never seems to hold a long enough charge.

And the ECOXPOWER is more than just a device to charge up your smart phone while you ride. Its primary purpose in life is to provide light to the road while you ride. The front facing light is a white LED light with the rear facing light consisting of 2 red led lights meeting your needs for safety and the law. And the ECOXPOWER has its own on board battery for about 1.5 hours of light when something goes wrong with the generation of power.

The ECOXPOWER unit comes with a case which is water resistant and still allows you to use the touchscreen on your smart phone. It easily mounts on the handlebar for you to put you phone inside of and then you are ready to go. You can purchase the ECOXPOWER unit from ECOXGEAR or Amazon for under $100.

PowerDock 5 Coming To Charge Up To 5 Devices

There were quite a few new products shown off at CES 2013 and one that caught my eye is one which will allow me to charge up to 5 different devices via USB. I have had to charge multiple devices at the same time and there are wires running all over the place plugged into multiple computers. That is not exactly the way that I want to do that task. Well, there is a solution to this problem coming in the Spring which will handle this problem.

The PowerDock 5 from Griffin Technology is going to answer the too many wires connected for charging your mobile devices. While this was promoted for iOS devices, it will work with any device which recharges the battery via a USB connector. Allowing for up to 5 mobile devices, this is going to satisfy everyone's need to charge multiple devices. By having all the devices standing up, it minimizes space all the while looking like it belongs on your desk in its design. You might wonder how it can charge all 5 devices at the same time and making sure that all the mobile devices get equal power.

That is accomplished by Griffin's own ChargeSensor technology which makes sure that each mobile device is getting the correct amount of power being sent to it for recharging the battery. All of this is handled from one electrical outlet. Griffin is supposed to be releasing the PowerDock 5 in the Spring at a price of $99.99.

The only drawback to the PowerDock 5 is that you use your own USB connectors. If you are like most people, those connectors are 3 feet long or longer. And with those longer cables for 5 devices, you are going to have wires hanging out around the unit. If you want to clean up wires mess, you will have to purchase new cables which are much shorter.

While this looks like a great way to hold and charge your mobile devices, some have pointed out that it is rather pricey just to get something to stand up your devices. And while some may feel that way, the bigger issue is the built in technology to make sure that all the devices are getting charged appropriately. Cheaper solutions are not going to offer that. We will have to wait and see just how well the PowerDock 5 will sell.